Optic nerve avulsion from door-handle trauma in children

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 844-846

  Chaudhry, Imtiaz A ^a   Shamsi, F A ^a   Al Sharif, A ^b   Elzaridi, E ^c   Al Rashed, W ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLINDNESS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ENUCLEATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; BLINDNESS; CHILD; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; SCHOOLS; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 33745659204     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.087544     Document Type: Article

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